Police identify fatality in I-44 crash

1:50 PM,
Feb. 5, 2013

Written by

News-Leader staff

One man is dead and another injured following a crash shortly after midnight today on Interstate-44 at U.S. 65, according to Springfield city spokesperson Cora Scott.

According to police, the deceased, Justin L. Scherpinsky, 20, of Marshfield, was a passenger in a Saturn driven by Tate Mueller, 18, also of Marshfield. Police said Mueller was driving west on I-44 when he appeared to ...